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Hitler did not like democracy. He was born in 1889 in a time of European monarchies and that is the only form of government that he was familier with. He despised them too and thought that they had become corrupt and were responsible for the lack of hope in the lower classes of the people that he grew up with. The form of government that he did espouse was very similar to commmunism in that is was socialist and supposidy for the little man, but with strong nationalistic overtones. Democracy meant mob rule to Hitler and he did not think Germany could become great by adhering to it. The ideal of a strong man to lead the people to greatness had long been prevalent in German thinking. Also the idea that the state and leader should have unquestioned obedience came from hundreds of year's of Martin Luther's teachings on man's relations with the state. After WW1 Germany had a democracy that given a chance would have worked, but with the worldwide depression and Hitler's constant propanganda against it, it failed and he and his gangster like friends took over and he became the supreme ruler of the people and the army.

After murdering friend and foe and millions of innocent Jews this madman finally died by his own hand. Ironically, Germany today as a democracy is one of the strongest economies of the world, and their experiment with strong man rule will hopefully never be repeated.

If Hitler was against democracy because it is irrational to let the mob rule, then there is a similar argument by Plato, and it goes something like this: Ruling a state is a skill. It is rational to leave the exercise of a skill to the experts. The people are not experts at ruling. In a democracy the people rule. So, democracy is irrational.

On the other hand.... It is irrational to have a mad person ruling a state. A rational form of government is one where the people can vote out a mad ruler. In a democracy the people have the power to vote out a mad ruler. So, democracy is rational.

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The question can be ed without reference to Plato and Luther! Like other German nationalists, Hitler asssociated democracy with failure, military defeat, mob rule and socialism.

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Yes. He thought democracy was weak, effeminate, socialist, un-German and contempible. In the period 1918-1945 many Germans took a broadly similar view of democracy, though they didn't necessarily agree on every detail.

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Hitler, along with many German conservatives and nationalists:

  1. Believed democracy was left wing and 'Un-German'.
  2. That is didn't work.
  3. Associated it with the armistice that ended the fighting in World War 1.
  4. Believed that in ordinary civilian life top-down military structures were best, with the man at the top barking out orders which were then passed down the line - and that ordinary people had to obey.
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he was not keen

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